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Grade 8

• Critical Literacy

  • 8.CL.1
  • 8.CL.2
  • 8.CL.3
  • 8.CL.4
  • 8.CL.5
  • 8.CL.6
  • 8.CL.7
  • 8.CL.8
  • 8.CL.8.a
  • 8.CL.8.b
  • 8.CL.8.c
  • 8.CL.9
  • 8.CL.10

• Digital Literacy

  • 8.DL.11
  • 8.DL.12
  • 8.DL.13
  • 8.DL.14
  • 8.DL.15

• Language Literacy

  • 8.LL.16
  • 8.LL.16.a
  • 8.LL.16.b
  • 8.LL.16.c
  • 8.LL.17
  • 8.LL.19
  • 8.LL.20
  • 8.LL.20.a
  • 8.LL.20.b
  • 8.LL.20.c
  • 8.LL.20.d
  • 8.LL.20.f
  • 8.LL.21

• Standards

  • 8.R1
  • 8.R2
  • 8.R3
  • 8.R4
  • 8.R5
  • 8.R6

• Research Literacy

  • 8.RL.22
  • 8.RL.23
  • 8.RL.24
  • 8.RL.25
  • 8.RL.26
  • 8.RL.27

• VL

  • 8.VL.28
  • 8.VL.29
  • 8.VL.31
  • 8.VL.32

Alabama ELA Standard: 8.LL.21

Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.

That Quote’s Not Quite Right: Albert Einstein

When I see a quote, I often think, “That’s not quite right!”

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.